News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Kosovo Judicial Institute sponsors judges' visit to Slovenia
Publishing date: 25 March 2003
PRISTINA, 25 March 2003- Nine judges from across Kosovo have been selected by the OSCE-established Kosovo Judicial Institute (KJI) to visit Slovenia for study purposes throughout this week. Participants will have an opportunity to visit the...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports local media associations
Publishing date: 25 March 2003
SKOPJE, 25 March 2003- A training programme designed to help the development of media associations in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was launched yesterday by the OSCE Mission in Skopje...
Women in Kosovo raising their voice
Publishing date: 24 March 2003
PRISTINA, 24 March 2003- Greater involvement of women in politics, government and decision-making reflects movement towards a democratic society and so the empowerment of women is one of the most important challenges facing Kosovo...
OSCE Chairman's personal envoy for Central Asia Ahtisaari starts his first visit to region
Publishing date: 24 March 2003
BISHKEK, 24 March 2003- Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari started his first visit to Central Asia in his capacity as the Personal Envoy for Central Asia of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO)...
OSCE Centre in Almaty rejects allegations over Duvanov case
Publishing date: 19 March 2003
ALMATY, 19 March 2003- The OSCE Centre in Almaty rejected allegations that OSCE representatives had referred to evidence that Kazakh journalist and human rights activist Sergei Duvanov was "guilty of rape". On 11 March, a press release from...
OSCE seminar identifies drugs trafficking as major threat to economic security
Publishing date: 17 March 2003
TASHKENT, 17 March 2003- The impact of drugs trafficking on national and international economies and global security tops the agenda of an international seminar organized by the OSCE in Uzbekistan today and tomorrow. More than 150 experts
OSCE roundtable in Tajikistan focused on young people's access to information
Publishing date: 13 March 2003
GARM, TAJIKISTAN, 13 March 2003- Problems of young people relating to access to information and to the media were the main theme of a two-day OSCE roundtable organized in the Rasht Valley, eastern Tajikistan. This first roundtable on access...